Triangulation: bin Laden Is Green, but Not Greenback!
30th January 2010
Remember the Clinton Triangulation Persuasion Tactic?
Clinton would pick an issue and a position on that issue that tended to drive key audiences away from their normal allies and toward Mr. Clinton. School uniforms to instill discipline in students, for example, is an outstanding example of Triangulation Persuasion. The idea sounds kind of conservative, but only in a symbolic way; however, if you’re not thinking too carefully, the idea appeals to a conservative. They move closer to Mr. Clinton and farther away from Republicans. Triangulation. (It’s based on Balance Theory by Fritz Heider.)
Now, what’s the Persuasion Triangulation here?
Bin Laden Rebukes U.S. on Climate Change
By JACK HEALY
Published: January 29, 2010Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, blamed the United States and developed countries for not halting climate change and said that the global economy should immediately abandon its reliance on the American dollar, according to an audiotape released Friday by the broadcaster Al Jazeera.
1. He’s running for office as the One World Green Party candidate.
2. He’s no longer receiving Oil Money for his financing and is now free to criticize the former hand that fed?
3. He’s never heard of China?
4. He’s holding Gold Stocks and expects a return to the Gold Standard? (Is he in combination with arbitrage traders like George Soros?)
5. He’s trying to make President Obama look like President Bush?
I can’t decide whether this is smart or the desperate play of someone living too long in caves.